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| Abstract Title: | Interpreting and understanding Learning Assistants' experiences from personal reflections |
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| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Abstract: | We present initial results from a 5-year study of written reflections by Learning Assistants (LAs). Our LA program includes around 100 LAs each semester, in physics, astronomy, and 7 other STEM disciplines. All returning LAs submit written reflections at the beginning of the semester about their goals for the semester, and at the end of the semester about whether and how these goals were achieved. This corpus of data documents the successes and challenges that LAs encountered across a variety of instructional settings. It includes LAs' perspectives on the ways that courses were transformed during the early COVID pandemic and the return to in-person instruction. We share some of the themes that emerge in physics in particular. |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 2 |
| Poster Number: | B15 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Benjamin W. Dreyfus George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-1287 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
James S. Barnes, George Mason University Tina M. Bell, George Mason University Mary Crowe, George Mason University Rebecca M. Jones, George Mason University Kelly L. Knight, George Mason University Julia Nord, George Mason University |
